“With Harriet Tubman coming to the American $20 bill, and other changes being made to the look of money in the United States, the design of dollars is once again set to evolve. But our current bills still hold many of the symbols and motifs that existed in our earliest paper money, the Colonial and Continental currencies.”
Tag: 04.22.16
Why Are People Flocking To Improv Classes? Because It Makes Them Better People
Julie Brister, a teacher at Upright Citizens Brigade: “I think improv helps people become better humans. It makes people listen better. Improv rules are life rules. And so, if a lot more people are taking improv, a lot more people are being thoughtful in their daily life about how they interact with each other.”
Tolstoy *Hated* Shakespeare – Partly For The Things We Love Shakespeare For Today
“What frustrated Tolstoy the most was how Shakespeare neglected to furnish his characters with clear reasons for their actions, how he left a play’s meanings and intentions ambiguous.”
China Shuts Down Apple’s iBooks And iTunes Movies
“Initially, Apple apparently had the government’s approval to introduce the services. But then a regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, asserted its authority and demanded the closings … just six months after they were started there.”
David Finckel And Wu Han To Stay With Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Through 2021-22
“The extension ensures that Mr. Finckel, a cellist, and Ms. Wu, a pianist, who are married and who took over the artistic leadership of the society in 2004, will remain in their posts through the society’s 50th anniversary season, which will begin in the fall of 2019.”
There’s A New Update Of Pride And Prejudice, Including Bingley As A Former Reality-Show Contestant
“Certain critics have balked at Sittenfeld’s irreverently contemporary retelling of what many consider Austen’s masterpiece. But I found Eligible to be a lot of fun—a novel of manners recast as a novel of terrible manners.”
The Most Underappreciated Job In Orchestral Music Is Being Outsourced To iPads
“The only time anyone takes notice of what you are doing is when something goes terribly wrong. The more perfect one is at turning pages or being an air traffic controller, the less we even notice they are there.”
The Author Of ‘Headscarves And Hymens’ Explains How To Fight Oppression
“We are post-nothing. If anything, the past few in this country have taught us that we’re not post-racism, we’re not post-sexism, we are post-nothing.”
Wait, The Victoria & Albert Has Banned *Sketching*?
“The rule is implemented for logistical reasons: the V&A anticipates long lines for the underwear-filled exhibition, and artists sketching skivvies for prolonged periods may cause traffic to get bunched up in the galleries.”
Hamilton’s Original Cast Will Be Getting Royalties, But Should They?
“Why should Miranda get 10 percent, plus his salary as a performer, while Diggs remains merely a salaried dude? Did they not collaborate?”